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Antonyms for plugging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pluhg
Phonetic Transcription : plʌg


Definition of plugging

Origin :
  • 1620s, originally a seamen's term, probably from Dutch plug, Middle Dutch plugge "bung, stopper," related to Norwegian plugg, Danish pløg, North Frisian plaak, Middle Low German pluck, German Pflock; ultimate origin uncertain. Irish and Gaelic words are from English. Sense of "wad or stick of tobacco" is attested from 1728, based on resemblance. Electrical sense is from 1883, based on being inserted; meaning "sparking device in an internal combustion engine" is from 1886. Meaning "advertisement" first recorded 1902, American English, perhaps from verb sense "work energetically at" (c.1865).
  • verb stop up
  • verb publicize
Example sentences :
  • The operator did some plugging and after a bit came back with a report.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • And no more than into the open Atlantic than we were plugging into it.
  • Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
  • Say, I won't always be plugging down at Nagel's, believe me.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • "Let's try it," the repairman said, plugging the cord into a wall socket.
  • Extract from : « Something Will Turn Up » by David Mason
  • Let us not count our chickens just yet, but keep on plugging.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans on the Missouri » by Emerson Hough
  • Yes, it's quite likely I may have been plugging for Mars below the conscious level.
  • Extract from : « It's a Small Solar System » by Allan Howard
  • You sit there steady, with my haid in your lap, while some one is plugging away at us.
  • Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
  • A Tommy plugging it along the Arras-Doullens road in the pouring rain.
  • Extract from : « 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories » by Various
  • He didnt seem to mind me plugging him a bit, and went calmly on.
  • Extract from : « Sixty Squadron R.A.F. » by Group-Captain A. J. L. Scott
  • All the Den members were plugging for Chips and Red to win a prize with their entry.
  • Extract from : « Dan Carter Cub Scout » by Mildred A. Wirt

Synonyms for plugging

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